Peters



(ModeL) J. C. BLAGKETT.

Spinning Attachment for Sewing Machines. NO. 238,332. 1 Patgnted March 1,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN G. BLAGKETT, OF LORWAY MINES, NOVA SGOTIA.

SPINNING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,332, dated March 1, 1881. Application filed August 15, 1879.

To. all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, J oHN GHARLEs BLACK- ETT, of Lorway Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, have invented a new and Improved Spinning Attachment for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish an apparatus for spinning yarn adapted for attachment to a sewing-machine, so as to dispense with the cumbersome spinning-wheel generally used with hand machines for spinnin g.

The invention will be described more par ticularly with reference to the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the spinning attachment. Fig.2isasectional view on line at m, Fig. 1, showing the attachment as applied to the table of a sewing-machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the clamp, provided with thumb-screws a. O is the spindle; B,the flier; D,the spool, having pulley d. b is the cone-pulley ot the spindle, and e the mouth-piece or head of the spindle.

The clamp A is forked, so that it may be placed on the leg of a sewing-machine and screwed tight by screws a, and the solid end is formed with a hole for receiving the end of spindle O. The outer end of the spindle G is squared to receive the flier B, which is held in place by the head 0, that is screwed on the end of the spindle O. The spoolD turns freely on the spindle between the cone-pulley b and the head of the flier.

In the form shown the device is adapted for attachmentto most sewing-machines, and by slight changes may be adapted to any.

Tofit the attachment for operation the clamp A is to be attached to the legs beneath the table and directly over the driving-wheel, with the spindle projecting in a horizontal direc tion, with space enough for the flier to clear the table. The bracket-nut F is then to be screwed into the table directly over and in line with the mouth-piece e, the bracket f The object of this band G is to prevent the spool from turning as fast as the flier, and it can be made to turn as fast as required for taking up the thread by tightening or slacking the band G by means of screws 9. The band It is passed around the driving-wheel of ithe bsewing-machine and around the cone-pul- This attachment will do all the work of the ordinary spinning-wheels much faster, and it is much easier to work than spinning-wheels. The attachment saves the necessity of having a spinning-wheel where there is a sewing-machine in use.

In many parts of the country a spinningwheel is a necessityin every family, as well as a sewing-machine; but with this attachment to the sewing-machine the wheel will not be required.

For preparing yarn for crochet-work and knitting, the spinning and twisting attachment. is especially useful.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The described yarn-spin nin g attachment for sewing-machines, composed of the leg-clamp A, having an eye or spindle-hole at its outer end, spindle 0, having mouth 6 and cone-pulley b,flier B, attached to the spindle, spool D, having pulley cl, provided with the adjustable retarding or tension band G, having screw-eyes g, and nutted bracket-support Ff, the whole constructed and combined to adapt it to be attached below the table and operated by the drive-wheel and belt of a sewing-machine.

JOHN CHARLES BLAOKETT.

Witnesses JAMES MAGKENSIE, J oHN A. MAOKENSIE. 

